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To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. Milton.

To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. "And slake the heavenly fire." Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. Shak.

res, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. Tomlinson. -- Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. -- Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. -- Slate rocks (Min.), rocks wh…

ng the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant]

A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.

ssing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.

all beer. See under Beer. -- Small coal. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. -- Small craft (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. -- Small fruits. See under Fruit. -- Small hand, a cert…

Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.] A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. Spenser.

A smoothbore firearm.

deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached. [Obs.]

in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.

Promptly; quickly; easily. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. Shak.

Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton.

Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair." Fuller.

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as hte sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.

A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott.

Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes. Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.